Yeah, I know! Alternate worlds and stuff, right? Heh . . . I mean, I kinda hope you ain't from my world, 'cuz if you are, I've got real bad news about how stuff ends up.

[His smile weakens some, though his face doesn't entirely fall. This topic's not exactly a thrill to get into either, but in a way it hits less close to home than the whole being dead thing, even though they're directly related. No reason to hide one and not the other.]